Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 17:03:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Zane Green Subject: Underground Angel-Above Ground-Part 4 Copyright Notice: the author copyrights this story and the author retains all rights. Expressly prohibited is placing this story at a for pay site. It is a fantasy, and is not about anyone real. It has minor characters, and is intended only for a mature audience. Comments are very welcome and appreciated at ZaneG7@excite.com Flames will go up in smoke. Underground Angel: Above Ground by Zane Hunter- Green, Part 4 Once they were in the townhouse Noah reached over and took Sascha's hand. "Please don't" "Why not? I told you that you're my boyfriend, I want to hold your hand, and kiss you too." " Noah, stop please Kurt may be home." "Who is Kurt? Is he your father?" "Yes sort of." "Is he your lover?" "He's my guardian, okay." As they were talking several rats ran across the floor and one climbed up Sascha and pressed it's nose against his cheek." "Uggg, that's either a big mouse or a rat." "It's a rat." "Sascha, having a rat is weird." "I am weird, I am just me I know that's why the other kids don't like me, because of how I act and what I look like." "Well they think you're beautiful, and hang around with me Sascha and I'll help you learn how to be cool. Those rats have to go! The other thing Sascha is you act like a girl when you pee." "What do you mean?" "Well maybe I should tell you, that I was told that you pull down your pants, I mean everyone else knows just to whip it out of their zipper. You have to make a big show, and show off your ass half the time." "Only once, it's out of habit. Where I come from we wear outfits like I guess the closest thing is a Karate gei. We never wore underwear either. I have to remember to zip, well never mind I use a stall it's easier, then I can ...why am I telling you this. You wouldn't understand. Well thanks for pointing it out. I am going to stand up from now on. I wish I could explain" "Tell me." "Go home Noah, I need to be alone." "I shouldn't have said anything, I've upset you." "It's ok, just go home." The door slammed and Sascha lay with his head against the pillows of the couch and sobbed his heart out. I came home and the house was dark. In the gloom I saw a small figured huddled on the sofa. "Sash...darling what ever is wrong? What happened." I ran over to him and put my arms around him. I had never seen him unhappy in all the time I knew him. The boy went through the dank world of the underground with his beam of light. To see his tear-redden face, and the sadness made me want to curl up and cry. Finally with choked up words he said something that made no sense to me. "Please Kurt, don't let them make me do the snake dance." "What ever are you talking about Sash? What is the snake dance?" "After I was born, my father had to do it. Once a new male is born to the house we must pay the price, and dance with snakes." "I will never let you dance with snakes, I do not understand what this means?" "At the end of the dance we must sacrifice our own snake." "So that's no sacrifice. You can always get a new one right? " I was trying to be funny. "You like my snake Kurt. You play with it a lot." "I didn't know you had one Sash," then my eyes traveled down with his, I turned faint when I realized what snake he was talking about. "I am so glad that you are going to stay with me forever. I told you that I would never let anything happen to you." "They always had me pee sitting down because after the snake dance..." "There will be no snake dance, you are not going back." "No I am never going back...I love you Kurt" "I love you too Sash." Note to readers: Don't worry there will not be a snake dance, however things are going to get wacky in Underground for awhile.